It took the teams more than 83 minutes of pure playing time to determine the winner. The full time of the match ended with the score 1:1, both goals were scored in the power play. 

This is the first time in the history of the KHL when the seventh match of the Gagarin Cup series went into the second overtime. 

Previously, the record duration of the seventh game was 72 minutes and 16 seconds. It was in the match between Salavat Yulaev and Avangard in 2018.

The outcome of the match was decided by a rebound from the hand of the home defender after Kirill Semyonov’s shot. 

Ak Bars advanced to the second round of the playoffs, where they will face Dynamo Moscow or Spartak Moscow.